Real Estate Investor's Lament

I hesitate to make a list,
Of all the countless deals I've missed.

Bonanzas that were in my grip,
I've watched them through my fingers slip.

The windfalls I should have bought,
Were lost because I over thought.

I thought of this, I thought of that,
I could have sworn I smelled a rat.

And while I thought things over twice,
Another grabbed them at the price.

It seems I always hesitate,
And make my mind up much too late.

A very cautious man am I,
And that is why I never buy.

At times a tear drops down my eye,
For deals I had and did not buy.

And now life's saddest words I pen,
If Only I'd Invested Then!